Heissenbuttel v. Meagher
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Mark 0. Meagher, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 8th day of May, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury for $7,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 9th day of May, 1913, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Hotchkiss, J.:
The plaintiff, while standing in a, public street waiting for a surface car, was struck and injured by an automobile belonging to defendant and driven by his son, a young man twenty-four years of age. This son was pursuing his studies as a law student and lived with his father as a member of his family. The automobile was a pleasure vehicle kept by defendant for the use of himself and his family; his son was privileged to use it for his individual purposes whenever he so desired. It was customary also for the son to act as chauffeur of the car *753when it was used by defendant or…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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